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People weave in and out of one another as they wind red twine around a Maypole during a gathering of Occupy DC at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee, Anarchist Alliance DC Network, Industrial Workers of the World, Washington Peace Center, the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO and the Amalgamated Transit Union local 689, about 300 people gathered in the park to celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, a celebration of the international labor movement.

People weave in and out of one another as they wind red twine around a Maypole during a gathering of Occupy DC at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee, Anarchist Alliance DC Network, Industrial Workers of the World, Washington Peace Center, the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO and the Amalgamated Transit Union local 689, about 300 people gathered in the park to celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, a celebration of the international labor movement. (Getty Images)

People weave in and out of one another as they wind red twine around a Maypole during a gathering of Occupy DC at Meridan Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park in Washington, DC. Organized by the Occupy DC Labor Committee, Anarchist Alliance DC Network, Industrial Workers of the World, Washington Peace Center, the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO and the Amalgamated Transit Union local 689, about 300 people gathered in the park to celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, a celebration of the international labor movement.